I'm honestly not really sure what my moms view on anime is. I think the only anime she has really seen is totoro she does however understand that their are many genre's of anime aimed at different age groups but she has never seen it so I think she is skeptical about it or something. I have a feeling she thinks it's kind of weird xD but she thinks that cosplay is pretty cool since she gets proud of me when I show her pictures of it. I think a better gift for her would be hulu plus or netflix lol.